So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, - that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

He lieth in wait in a hiding-place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net:

In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird;

Planting my feet like hinds' feet , yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand:

Then did I beat them in pieces, like dust on the face of the wind. Like the mire in the lanes, did I scatter them.

And, he, is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoiceth as a hero to run a race:

Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence, - Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire:

Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones, - My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;

Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me, - lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.

And hath made them leap like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion, like the bull-calf of wild-oxen;

I have been forgotten, like one dead - out of mind, I have been as a missing vessel.

Do not ye become like a horse, like a mule, without discernment, - With the bit and bridle of his mouth, hast thou to restrain him, - He will not come near unto thee.

All my bones, shall say - O Yahweh, who is like unto thee? Rescuing the oppressed from one stronger than he, Yea the oppressed and the needy, from their spoiler.

Like as for a friend, like as for a brother of mine own, I walked to and fro, As though mourning for a mother, I gloomily bowed myself down.

Thy righteousness, is like mighty mountains, and, thy just decrees, are a great resounding deep, - Man and beast, thou savest, O Yahweh!

For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.

For, the lawless, shall perish, and, the foes of Yahweh, be like the glory of the meadows, They have vanished! In smoke, have they vanished!

I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;

For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:

Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent, - For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.

Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.

Overflowed hath my heart, with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be, my tongue, like the pen of a scribe who is skilled.

Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.

Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set thine offences in order before thine eyes.

Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;

But, I, am like a flourishing olive-tree, in the house of God, I have put confidence in the lovingkindness of God, for times age-abiding and beyond.

Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:

Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;

Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like grass let them be cut down:

Like a snail, which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman, which hath not seen the sun:

They return at evening, They grow like a dog, And go round the city.

Yet them return, then, at evening, Let them growl like a dog, And go round the city.

How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, - Like a wall that bulgeth, - a fence pushed in!

Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow - a bitter word;

When the Almighty scattereth kings therein, It will gleam like snow in the gloom:

And, as for thy righteousness, O God, up on high, Wherein thou hast wrought great things, O God! who is like unto thee?

Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.

May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, - Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.

But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.

O God, in the sanctuary, is thy way, - Who is a great GOD like Elohim?

Thou didst lead, like a flock, thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious, - A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.

He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through, And reared up the waters like a mound;

And he brought forth streams out of the cliff, And caused waters to flow down, like rivers.

And rained upon them flesh as the dust, And, like the sand of the seas, birds of wing;

And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;

But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;

And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.

They have poured out their blood like water, Round about Jerusalem, With none to bury.

How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?

O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!

A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;

But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;

Make them - their nobles - like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:

There is none like unto thee, among the gods, O My Lord, And nothing like thy works.

Among the dead, is my couch, - Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;

They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:

For whom, in the skies, can one compare unto Yahweh? Or can one liken unto Yahweh, among the sons of the mighty?

O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee:

His seed, age-abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me;

Like the moon, shall it be established unto times age-abiding, And, a witness, in the skies, hath been made sure. Selah.

How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?

Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,

For, all our days, decline in thy wrath, - We end our years like a sigh.

When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.

The righteous, like the palm-tree, shall thrive, Like the cedar in Lebanon, shall he grow;

The mountains, like wax, have melted, At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence, of the Lord of all the earth.

For, consumed in smoke, are my days, And, my bones, like a burning mass, are scorched through;

Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food.

I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.

I have watched and am become, Like a bird sitting alone upon a housetop.

For, ashes - like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink - with my tears, have I mingled;

My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.

They, shall perish, But, thou, wilt abide; And, they all, like a garment, shall fall in pieces, As a vesture, wilt thou change them and they shall vanish;

Who satisfieth, with good, thine age, Thy youth, reneweth itself like an eagle.

Like the compassion of a father for his children, Is, the compassion of Yahweh, for them who revere him;

As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;

They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,

But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock: -

Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones;

As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;

Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.

Who is like Yahweh our God? that goeth on high to dwell,

The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?

Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?

Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.

They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised.

In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.

Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.

Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.

Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.

I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.

They who trust in Yahweh, are like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, Age-abidingly, shall it remain.

When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:

Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, like channels in the South.

Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house, - Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

Like the dew of Hermon, which descended upon the mountains of Zion, - for, there, did Yahweh command the blessing, Life, unto times age-abiding?